Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling, illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes, and tales (1891)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 117
o become a witchmust go by night into a field and pull up a weed by the roots. Fromthe quantity of soil which clings to it, is inferred the degree of magicpower which the pupil will attain. I am not astonished to learn thatwhen this lady was initiated, the amount of earth collected wasunusually… … rjjw CHAPTER VI. OF PREGNANCY AND CHARMS, OR FOLK-LORE CONNECTED WITH IT boars TEETH AND CHARMS FOR PREVENTING THE FLOW OF BLOOD. i^ IKE all Orientals the gypsy desiresi\(\ intensely to have a family. Super-stition comes in to increasethe wish, for a barrenwoman in Eastern Europeis generally…
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